Re: test2-pre10, unable to mount zip drive

From: lschroefl (lschroefl@t-online.de)
Date: Sat Jun 24 2000 - 09:12:44 EST


f5ibh schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> Like with some 'ac' patches, I cannot mount my zip drive with test2-pre10.
>
> The messages are :
>
> [root@f5ibh] ~ # mount /dev/zip /mnt/
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>
> [root@f5ibh] ~ # mount /dev/zip /mnt/ -t ext2
> mount: /dev/zip has wrong major or minor number
>
> and in the syslog :
>
> Jun 22 15:26:10 f5ibh modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-8
>
> The zip is a parallel port ZIP 100. I use the ppa driver. It works fine with
> 2.2.16 (and was working fine with 2.4.0-test1-ac3).
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> Jean-Luc
>
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The some thing happend to me to, even with my floppy drive!

You should try to make a static link to your zip-dive by adding /etc/fstab:

/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip ext2 noauto,owner 0 0

(to mount type now: mount /mnt/zip)

Just try it!

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